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The application of synchrotron radiation to non-invasive angiography
The application of synchrotron radiation to non-invasive angiography
- Source :
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. 208:665-675
- Publication Year :
- 1983
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1983.
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Abstract
- Synchrotron radiation provides a new source of X-rays highly-suited to iodine K-edge Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA). The use of such beams provides maximum sensitivity to intra-arterial iodine and virtually eliminates image contrast due to non-vascular body structures. The intensity of the beams permits short exposure times and allows images to be recorded, in line-scan fashion, in sharp focus despite arterial motions. The sensitivity of this method offers the prospect of visualizing arteries, and in particular the coronary arteries, by peripheral venous injection. The principles of DSA have been demonstrated using phantoms and excised animal hearts, and in vivo studies in animals have begun. The instrumentation developed for this purpose and the results obtained to date are summarized.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
medicine.diagnostic_test
Focus (geometry)
business.industry
Non invasive
General Engineering
Synchrotron radiation
Digital subtraction angiography
Intensity (physics)
Coronary arteries
Optics
medicine.anatomical_structure
Angiography
medicine
Short exposure
business
Biomedical engineering
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01675087
- Volume :
- 208
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........3494d10ae391dbff91952f9c01f8a28d
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-5087(83)91202-4